Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-059

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 2:50 PM–2:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-059 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:34:53–02:35:01)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 2:50 PMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 2:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct connection to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate communication with a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief telephonic interaction.

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Miss Woods, please.
Yes, thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On June 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-59

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 2:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 255-46]

     Call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on June 7, 1971

  • 255-014 2:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 004-056 2:46 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 255-015 2:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:46 pm to 2:47 pm.
  • 004-057 2:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm.
  • 255-016 2:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm.
  • 004-058 2:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 255-017 2:49 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:49 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 255-046 2:50 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-059, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-059 (accessed September 27, 2026).